[ Aoba stares back at Ren, a little confused by that reaction, but more than anything because he doesn't want to look up at Koujaku while he's still feeling sort of disappointed by the rejection of his offer. ]

I wasn't that happy.

[ He was pretty happy. ]

And ah, I guess that's true. The people here seem pretty nice for the most part. Though there are some...

[ No one outright awful that he's met, but he's run into some pretty rude kids here.

He sighs and holds out a hand to Ren, expecting him to come closer so he can pick him up. ]